annulaire

\a.ny.lɛʁ\

/\a.ny.lɛʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“annulaire” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,408. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,408
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a la forme d’un anneau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-annulaire · annulaire · French

annulaire · rank #34,408 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,408
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH annotations

Nearest frequency peer: annotations (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « annulaire »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « annulaire » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

annulaire vs annuaire
89% similar
annulaire vs angulaire
89% similar
annulaire vs annuaires
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for annulaire
PropertyValue
Headwordannulaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.ny.lɛʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#34,408
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « annulaire »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).annulairese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « annotations » (#34,407), « anodine » (#34,409), « angry » (#34,406). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « annulaire » est au #34,408. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around annulaire (IPA \a.ny.lɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #34,408 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for annulaire, with forms such as "annluaire", "annualire", and "annulaier". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "annuaire", "angulaire", "annuaires", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is annulaire, spelled A-N-N-U-L-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a la forme d’un anneau.
  2. 2
    Qualifie une chenille.
  3. 3
    Qui peut recevoir, qui reçoit un anneau.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how annulaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Trois jours après, au point du jour, les gendarmes emmenèrent, du fond de la forêt à La-Ville-aux-Fayes, la vieille Tonsard, surprise en flagrant délit par les gardes et le garde champêtre, avec une mauvaise lime qui servait à déchirer l’arbre, et un chasse-clou avec lequel les délinquants lissaient cette hachure annulaire, comme l’insecte lisse son chemin.
  2. Chenille annulaire.

This word in other languages

ring-shaped(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • annluaire
  • annualire
  • annulaier
  • annulairre
  • annularie
  • annuliare
  • annullaire
  • anulaire
  • anunlaire
  • nanulaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of annulaire - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

annluaire2annualire2annulaier2annulairre1annularie2annuliare2annullaire1anulaire1
Edit distance from "annulaire"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "annulaire"?
"annulaire" is spelled A-N-N-U-L-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ny.lɛʁ\.
What does "annulaire" mean?
As an adjective, "annulaire" means: Qui a la forme d’un anneau.
What words are commonly confused with "annulaire"?
"annulaire" is commonly confused with "annuaire", "angulaire", "annuaires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "annulaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "annulaire" is \a.ny.lɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "annulaire" come from?
"annulaire" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "annulaire", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

antithèse#34,410allongées#34,400arrogants#34,423achèterai#34,389

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

anchois10 variantsappuyées10 variantsBroglie10 variantsvoltige10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list